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Israel's Netanyahu, addressing Congress, assails US-Iran nuclear talkshttp://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-addressing-congress-assails-us-iran-nuclear-talks/
http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-addressing-congress-assails-us-iran-nuclear-talks/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:25:09 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=482514Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a speech that stirred political controversy in two countries, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Congress on Tuesday that negotiations underway between Iran and the United States would "all but guarantee" that Tehran would get nuclear weapons, a step he said the world must avoid at all costs.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-addressing-congress-assails-us-iran-nuclear-talks/feed/0Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves as he speaks before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Obama, Netanyahu on collision course 6 years in the makinghttp://nj1015.com/obama-netanyahu-on-collision-course-6-years-in-the-making/
http://nj1015.com/obama-netanyahu-on-collision-course-6-years-in-the-making/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 17:41:31 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=481992Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- For six years, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on a collision course over how to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions, a high-stakes endeavor both men see as a centerpiece of their legacies.

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-netanyahu-on-collision-course-6-years-in-the-making/feed/0President Barack Obama, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office May 19. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)Israel's Netanyahu heads to Washington for Congress speechhttp://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-heads-to-washington-for-congress-speech/
http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-heads-to-washington-for-congress-speech/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 11:34:26 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=481743Continue reading…]]>BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington on Sunday to press his case against an emerging deal on Iran's nuclear program in a contentious address to the U.S. Congress, which he said he is delivering out of concern for Israel's security.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-heads-to-washington-for-congress-speech/feed/0Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday. (AP Photo/Marc Sellem, Pool)Israel's Netanyahu facing scandal over bloated expenseshttp://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-facing-scandal-over-bloated-expenses/
http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-facing-scandal-over-bloated-expenses/#commentsTue, 17 Feb 2015 15:11:42 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=477973Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- With Israeli elections looming and the region in turmoil, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself once more enmeshed in a gossipy scandal on Tuesday: Israel's government watchdog released a report into alleged financial malfeasance at the prime minister's residence, while his wife faced criticism for pettiness and possible security breaches after complaining in a video about the shabbiness of the kitchen at their official Jerusalem residence.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israeli-pm-urges-calm-over-religious-sites-in-jerusalem/feed/0Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronen Zvulun, Pool)Hamas poll ratings rise with Palestinians after latest conflicthttp://nj1015.com/hamas-poll-ratings-rise-with-palestinians-after-latest-conflict/
http://nj1015.com/hamas-poll-ratings-rise-with-palestinians-after-latest-conflict/#commentsTue, 02 Sep 2014 13:29:22 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=429321Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- The popularity of the Hamas militant group among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has spiked significantly following the 50-day war with Israel, according to an opinion poll released Tuesday.

]]>http://nj1015.com/hamas-poll-ratings-rise-with-palestinians-after-latest-conflict/feed/0Palestinians stand on the rubble of houses destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on August 2. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)ANALYSIS: A grim stalemate at war's end in Gazahttp://nj1015.com/analysis-a-grim-stalemate-at-wars-end-in-gaza/
http://nj1015.com/analysis-a-grim-stalemate-at-wars-end-in-gaza/#commentsWed, 27 Aug 2014 16:54:34 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=427880Continue reading…]]>TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- The third Gaza War in six years appears to have ended in another sort of tie, with both Israel and Hamas claiming the upper hand. Their questionable achievements have come at a big price, especially to long-suffering Palestinians in Gaza.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israeli-airstrike-collapses-gaza-apartment-tower/feed/0A Palestinian boy, along with supporters of Hamas, holds a representation of a rocket during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Hamas admits kidnapping 3 Israeli teens in Junehttp://nj1015.com/hamas-admits-kidnapping-3-israeli-teens-in-june/
http://nj1015.com/hamas-admits-kidnapping-3-israeli-teens-in-june/#commentsThu, 21 Aug 2014 21:08:33 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=426314Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- A senior Hamas leader has said the group carried out the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank in June - the first time anyone from the Islamic militant group has said it was behind an attack that helped spark the current war in the Gaza Strip.

]]>http://nj1015.com/hamas-admits-kidnapping-3-israeli-teens-in-june/feed/0Photos of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, who disappeared while hitchhiking home near the West Bank city of Hebron late at night on June 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Israel Defense Forces, File)Israel, Hamas weigh Cairo offer as deadline loomshttp://nj1015.com/israel-hamas-weigh-cairo-offer-as-deadline-looms/
http://nj1015.com/israel-hamas-weigh-cairo-offer-as-deadline-looms/#commentsWed, 13 Aug 2014 19:14:16 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=423434Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- Egyptian mediators raced Wednesday to pin down a long-term cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to prevent more violence in the Gaza war when their current truce ends at midnight.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israel-hamas-weigh-cairo-offer-as-deadline-looms/feed/0Displaced Palestinian family members pass their time at the U.N. school where they sought refuge during the war, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)Israeli ambassador: Hamas 'not interested in peace'http://nj1015.com/israeli-ambassador-hamas-not-interested-in-peace/
http://nj1015.com/israeli-ambassador-hamas-not-interested-in-peace/#commentsFri, 08 Aug 2014 06:00:52 +0000Townsquare News Staffhttp://nj1015.com/?p=421574Continue reading…]]>In an exclusive interview with the Townsquare News Network, Israel's ambassador to the United states said Thursday that his country "stands ready" to continue the current cease-fire in Gaza, but that any such extension "depends on Hamas."

]]>http://nj1015.com/cease-fire-slows-gaza-war-as-israeli-bus-attacked/feed/0An elderly Palestinian man makes his way on the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli strikes in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Israel withdraws most troops from Gazahttp://nj1015.com/israel-withdraws-most-troops-from-gaza/
http://nj1015.com/israel-withdraws-most-troops-from-gaza/#commentsSun, 03 Aug 2014 23:22:09 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=420076Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an apparent winding down of the nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that has left more than 1,800 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israel-withdraws-most-troops-from-gaza/feed/0Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)Israeli soldier thought captured is declared deadhttp://nj1015.com/israeli-soldier-thought-captured-is-declared-dead/
http://nj1015.com/israeli-soldier-thought-captured-is-declared-dead/#commentsSun, 03 Aug 2014 00:30:32 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419949Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli soldier the military feared had been abducted by Palestinian gunmen in a firefight that shattered a temporary ceasefire in Gaza has been declared dead, ending what could have been a nightmare scenario for Israel hours after it signaled it plans to scale back its operation against Hamas militants.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israeli-soldier-thought-captured-is-declared-dead/feed/0Israeli Army 2nd. Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, from Kfar Saba, central Israel. Israel's military announced early Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, that Goldin, of the Givati infantry brigade, had been killed in battle on Friday. (AP Photo/YNet News)Israel signals scaling back Gaza war on its termshttp://nj1015.com/israel-signals-scaling-back-gaza-war-on-its-terms/
http://nj1015.com/israel-signals-scaling-back-gaza-war-on-its-terms/#commentsSat, 02 Aug 2014 18:27:53 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419894Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel won't participate in indirect cease-fire talks with Hamas for now and instead plans to scale back its 26-day-old military operation in Gaza on its own terms, Israeli officials and media reports said Saturday.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israel-signals-scaling-back-gaza-war-on-its-terms/feed/0Smoke billows from the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque, destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)Obama calls for release of Israeli soldier in Gazahttp://nj1015.com/obama-calls-for-release-of-israeli-soldier-in-gaza/
http://nj1015.com/obama-calls-for-release-of-israeli-soldier-in-gaza/#commentsFri, 01 Aug 2014 19:57:52 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419722Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration on Friday condemned violations of the internationally-brokered Gaza cease-fire by Palestinian militants and said the apparent abduction of an Israeli soldier was a "barbaric" action.

]]>http://nj1015.com/obama-calls-for-release-of-israeli-soldier-in-gaza/feed/0The presidential flag is readied in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, after it was announced that President Barack Obama will deliver a statement. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)62 killed in Gaza; Israeli soldier feared capturedhttp://nj1015.com/62-killed-in-gaza-israeli-soldier-feared-captured/
http://nj1015.com/62-killed-in-gaza-israeli-soldier-feared-captured/#commentsFri, 01 Aug 2014 17:26:12 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419661Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces, backed by heavy tank fire and airstrikes, moved deeper into southern Gaza late Friday in search of a soldier apparently captured in a clash with Hamas militants earlier in the day. At least 62 Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in the fierce fighting that quickly shattered a U.S.-brokered cease-fire.

]]>http://nj1015.com/62-killed-in-gaza-israeli-soldier-feared-captured/feed/0Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)Kerry, US condemn reported abduction of Israeli soldierhttp://nj1015.com/us-condemns-reported-abduction-of-israeli-soldier/
http://nj1015.com/us-condemns-reported-abduction-of-israeli-soldier/#commentsFri, 01 Aug 2014 15:28:29 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419498Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is condemning an "outrageous" violation by Palestinian militants of the Gaza cease-fire he helped to broker. Kerry's demanding the immediate release of an Israeli soldier apparently abducted by the radical Hamas movement.

]]>http://nj1015.com/us-condemns-reported-abduction-of-israeli-soldier/feed/0Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)Truce unravels: 35 Palestinians killed, Israeli officer missinghttp://nj1015.com/truce-unravels-35-palestinians-killed-israeli-officer-missing/
http://nj1015.com/truce-unravels-35-palestinians-killed-israeli-officer-missing/#commentsFri, 01 Aug 2014 13:00:26 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419451Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A Gaza cease-fire quickly unraveled Friday as violence erupted in and around the southern town of Rafah, with at least 35 Palestinians killed by Israeli shelling and the military saying an infantry officer may have been captured.

]]>http://nj1015.com/truce-unravels-35-palestinians-killed-israeli-officer-missing/feed/0A Palestinian inspects a destroyed house in the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)Israel's Netanyahu vows to destroy Hamas tunnelshttp://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-vows-to-destroy-hamas-tunnels/
http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-vows-to-destroy-hamas-tunnels/#commentsThu, 31 Jul 2014 17:43:08 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419122Continue reading…]]>JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel will destroy Hamas' tunnel network in the Gaza Strip designed for deadly attacks inside Israel, "with or without a cease-fire," as the military called up another 16,000 reservists to pursue its campaign against Palestinian militants in the densely-populated territory.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israels-netanyahu-vows-to-destroy-hamas-tunnels/feed/0Palestinian Heygar Jendiyah, with daughter Ranin, 10, behind her, at their house, partially destroyed by an Israeli strike in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2014. UN official: Both sides committing war crimes in Gaza fightinghttp://nj1015.com/un-official-both-sides-committing-war-crimes-in-gaza-fighting/
http://nj1015.com/un-official-both-sides-committing-war-crimes-in-gaza-fighting/#commentsThu, 31 Jul 2014 13:31:48 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=419006Continue reading…]]>GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights official accused both Israel and Hamas militants of committing war crimes in the latest Gaza war, but reserved her harshest words for the Israeli government, which she said Thursday was deliberately defying international law.

]]>http://nj1015.com/un-official-both-sides-committing-war-crimes-in-gaza-fighting/feed/0UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, South African Navi Pillay, during a press conference at the Geneva Press Club, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)Israeli strikes hit UN school, Gaza shopping areahttp://nj1015.com/israeli-strikes-hit-un-school-gaza-shopping-area/
http://nj1015.com/israeli-strikes-hit-un-school-gaza-shopping-area/#commentsWed, 30 Jul 2014 19:46:55 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=418834Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes hit a crowded shopping area in Gaza City Wednesday, hours after tank shells tore through the walls of a U.N. school crowded with war refugees in the deadliest of a series of air and artillery attacks that pushed the Palestinian death toll above 1,300 in more than three weeks of fighting.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israeli-strikes-hit-un-school-gaza-shopping-area/feed/0Palestinians help carry injured men following an Israeli Strike in Shijaiyah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)Israeli diplomat: Netanyahu 'appreciates' US cease-fire effortshttp://nj1015.com/israeli-diplomat-netanyahu-appreciates-us-cease-fire-efforts/
http://nj1015.com/israeli-diplomat-netanyahu-appreciates-us-cease-fire-efforts/#commentsWed, 30 Jul 2014 12:32:09 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=418637Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday that criticism from within the Jewish state of Secretary of State John Kerry's peace-making efforts is traceable to Israel's "very rambunctious democracy" and not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

]]>http://nj1015.com/israeli-diplomat-netanyahu-appreciates-us-cease-fire-efforts/feed/0Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meeting in 2013. (Jim Hollander-Pool/Getty Images)Peace camp in US unites Israeli, Palestinian teenshttp://nj1015.com/peace-camp-in-us-unites-israeli-palestinian-teens/
http://nj1015.com/peace-camp-in-us-unites-israeli-palestinian-teens/#commentsTue, 29 Jul 2014 18:55:28 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=418363Continue reading…]]>It's no surprise Noa Epstein worries about the safety of her husband, a reservist in the Israeli army called to duty as war smolders in the Gaza Strip. But, still carrying memories of a transformative summer camp experience nearly two decades ago, she knows there is another side to the conflict, and she is filled with concern for the Palestinians too.

]]>http://nj1015.com/peace-camp-in-us-unites-israeli-palestinian-teens/feed/0Seeds of Peace campers from several countries sing the camp song at a flag-raising ceremony in Otisfield, Maine in 2009. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)PLO offers truce as at least 100 killed in Gazahttp://nj1015.com/plo-offers-truce-as-at-least-100-killed-in-gaza/
http://nj1015.com/plo-offers-truce-as-at-least-100-killed-in-gaza/#commentsTue, 29 Jul 2014 13:30:29 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=418194Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A senior PLO official proposed a 24-hour humanitarian cease-fire Tuesday in the Gaza war, saying he spoke in the name of Hamas, but was contradicted a short while later by a spokesman of the Islamic militant group.

]]>http://nj1015.com/plo-offers-truce-as-at-least-100-killed-in-gaza/feed/0Smoke rises from Israeli strikes on buildings in Gaza City, including its electricity distribution company, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. .(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
US fuming over Israeli criticism of Kerryhttp://nj1015.com/us-fuming-over-israeli-criticism-of-kerry/
http://nj1015.com/us-fuming-over-israeli-criticism-of-kerry/#commentsMon, 28 Jul 2014 20:47:56 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=417993Continue reading…]]>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration pushed back strongly Monday at a torrent of Israeli criticism over Secretary of State John Kerry's latest bid to secure a cease-fire with Hamas, accusing some in Israel of launching a "misinformation campaign" against the top American diplomat.

]]>http://nj1015.com/us-fuming-over-israeli-criticism-of-kerry/feed/0National Security Adviser Susan Rice speaks at the "National Leadership Assembly for Israel" convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Gaza militants sneak into Israel through tunnelhttp://nj1015.com/new-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-rocket-fire-break-lull/
http://nj1015.com/new-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-rocket-fire-break-lull/#commentsMon, 28 Jul 2014 17:16:18 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=417838Continue reading…]]>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The Israeli military says Gaza militants have infiltrated into Israel through a tunnel under the Gaza-Israel border and have opened fire on soldiers.

]]>http://nj1015.com/new-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-rocket-fire-break-lull/feed/0A Palestinian woman visits the graves of relatives marking the first day of Eid al-Fitr in a cemetery in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Israel says it's extending Gaza truce for 24 hourshttp://nj1015.com/hamas-fires-rockets-on-israel-ending-12-hour-lull/
http://nj1015.com/hamas-fires-rockets-on-israel-ending-12-hour-lull/#commentsSun, 27 Jul 2014 02:25:35 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=417495Continue reading…]]>BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Hamas said it fired five rockets at Israel late Saturday after rejecting Israel's offer to extend a 12-hour humanitarian cease-fire by four hours, casting new doubt on international efforts to broker an end to 19 days of fighting.

]]>http://nj1015.com/germanys-lufthansa-to-resume-tel-aviv-flights/feed/0A arrivals flight board displays various canceled and delayed flights in Ben Gurion International airport July 23. AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
Rockets found at UN Gaza school went missinghttp://nj1015.com/rockets-found-at-un-gaza-school-went-missing/
http://nj1015.com/rockets-found-at-un-gaza-school-went-missing/#commentsThu, 24 Jul 2014 01:02:41 +0000Associated Presshttp://nj1015.com/?p=416487Continue reading…]]>UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday said he was "alarmed" to hear that rockets were placed in a U.N.-run school in Gaza and now "have gone missing," and he demanded a full review of such incidents.